I think it so pretty.

It does not look at all like a common rag carpet." "No, my dear, it is nothing very uncommon.

It is all in the way it is woven.

Instead of having two gay rainbow stripes about three inches wide running through the length of the carpet, I had it woven with the ground work white and brown chain to form checks.

Then about an inch apart were placed two threads of two shades of red woolen warp, alternating with two threads of two shades of green, across the whole width, running the length of the carpet.